Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) is a social democratic party in Mexico that was formed on 5 May 1989 by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Solorzano. Along with the conservative National Action Party of Meixco and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the PRD is one of the three major parties in the country, having split from the PRI after 1988 electoral fraud. The party advocates social democracy and democratic socialism, while the core of the PRI revolves around centrism.